3 considering that five new films came into the marketplace, all of which made over $10 mil for the three-day weekend. DreamWorks’ one-week holdover Norbit starring Eddie Murphy in multi-roles was the surprise No. On the other hand, newcomer Walden / Disney’s children’s fantasy Bridge To Terabithia received wonderful reviews which propelled it into 2nd place for the weekend with $22.2 mil for Fri-Sat-Sun and $27.6 mil for the four-day holiday. With the long weekend stretching ahead of parents, the pic received a nice Saturday and Sunday kiddie bounce. Ghost Rider is the biggest film opening so far in 2007 - and Nicolas Cage’s biggest since 2003’s National Treasure because he’s been in a slump at the box office. Audience breakdown for the film is 62% male and 38% female with 55% under age 25 and 45% are age 25 and older. Even though critics were lukewarm at best about the action film based on the popular Marvel comic book, it beat previous record holder 50 First Dates ($45.1 mil for the four-day holiday). It sped to a whopping $44.5 million for Fri-Sat-Sun and $51.5 mil for the four-day holiday.
1 as the biggest Presidents Day Weekend opening ever by a big margin.
MONDAY AM: Ghost Rider gunned the Marvel / Sony marketing engine for No.
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